11th July - Law News

Edition 4214: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: In Ukraine, fighting continues along the front lines. Kyiv says Russian missiles struck an aid distribution centre at a school in the Zaporizhia region. Authorities say four people were killed and 13 injured in the attack on Monday morning.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Judge calls latest stage of Frederick Barclay’s battle with ex-wife a ‘charade’. Businessman’s barrister says money due to be paid to Hiroko Barclay is held up by lenders. Full story - Guardian Law 

 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Campaigners say ministers ‘too quick’ to celebrate increased rape convictions https://t.co/SpOe5BOxtE
  
• Former #US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times in prison on Sunday during a fight with another inmate https://t.co/1eBrYeJtCN
  
• Jurors in the trial of nurse Lucy Letby have retired to consider their verdicts. Ms Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill 10 others at Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016 https://shorturl.at/awEHK
  
• Claims made by the mother at the heart of the BBC presenter scandal are "rubbish", a lawyer representing the young person has said. In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer makes claims that throw doubt on the story that has dominated front pages https://t.co/cFDf0nvF3X
  
• A van spotted with several rolls of carpet sticking dangerously out of the front passenger window and the rear doors has been pulled over by police. The driver was stopped in Ashcroft Road, Luton, on Saturday afternoon https://shorturl.at/dfkBG
  
• Thumbs up emoji valid acceptance of contract, says Canadian court - Legal Cheek https://t.co/qEFELgaPYd
  
• There’s no law says a charity can’t hold views you disagree with. Even on gender-identity issues https://t.co/5GGvkbQb1w
  
• ‘Securing an SQE scholarship helped me realise my solicitor dream’ - Legal Cheek https://t.co/PBfyIoQRe6
  

10th July - Law News

Edition 4213: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Following the sad news of the death of former Supreme Court Justice, Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Haywood on 7 July 2023, Lord Lloyd-Jones paid tribute to him before the hearing in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 10 July. His words were followed by a tribute from Timothy Straker KC on behalf of counsel. Lord Brown was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2004 and became a Justice of the Supreme Court at its inauguration on 1 October 2009. Lord Brown retired from the Court in 2012 and since then had been an active cross-bencher in the House of Lords.

Focus of the Day Legal News:  Publishing its ‘Progress on the courts and tribunals reform programme’ report last week, the Public Accounts Committee expressed serious concerns that HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has just £120m left of its total £1.3bn budget despite completing only 24 of 44 reform projects. Full story - New Law Journal 
 

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• US judge probed over lip-syncing TikToks - Legal Cheek https://t.co/4VDFhtevSG 
  
• Doreen Lawrence backs duty on police to disclose phone data - Officers under investigation for misconduct should be forced to hand over relevant information, says peer https://shorturl.at/mqWZ9
• Just Stop Oil have said they were not responsible for an incident at ex-chancellor George Osborne's wedding, which saw a protester throw orange confetti over the newly married couple https://shorturl.at/ajl35
  
• The Bill of Rights has been dropped, the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk confirmed this week | NLJ https://shorturl.at/bjnxO
  
• Generative AI won’t disrupt law until late 2020s and beyond, says Susskind - Legal Cheek https://t.co/KpumhwvUFs
• #France bans fireworks during Bastille Day over fears of riots https://shorturl.at/AESUZ
  
• Unpublished policy and unlawful detention: a case note on R (MXK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department - UK Human Rights Blog https://t.co/MSLWUiUboX
• One in ten crown court cases (6,073 cases) have been delayed for more than two years, the latest statistics reveal | NLJ https://shorturl.at/oyMTY